Volcanic Mesa
1937
20th century
61 cm x 76.3 cm (24 in. x 30 1/16 in.)
Loren Norman Mozley
(Brookport, Illinois, 1905 - 1989, Austin, Texas)
Primary
Object Type:
painting
Artist Nationality:
North America, American
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Ellouise Mitchell-Minter, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.3
Mozley was heavily influenced by the technique of French Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. The angular and planar treatment of the rocks in Volcanic Mesa is reminiscent of Cézanne's Provençal landscapes.